That professional pixie, William Saroyan, is. back again, considerably
older (41) than when he first announced himself a genius, somewhat
heavier around his literary middle, but still wildly infatuated with
the one subject that has always held his interest: himself. This time
he opens a collection of eleven fair-to-Saroyan stories with a 26-page
introduction which is so brash that it finally worries the reader into
amusement.

The most unusual feature of Saroyan's sound-off is his announcement of
how much money he has already made from selling The Assyrian's...